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The Bee People. 



but because they are not able. Their dagger 

 sheath is not strong enough. I once saw 

 a honey-bee try very hard to cut a hole in 

 the long tube of a purple azalea. She could 

 not reach the nectar from the front of the 

 flower, because the tube was too long and 

 slender, so she tried to break in the back 

 way. But she could not do it, and all the 

 azalea nectar she got she sucked out of holes 

 which the bumble-bees had made in some 

 of the flowers. The az /-alea did not make 



honey for the bees; 



its long and slender 



tube was fitted to 



the tongues of large 



moths and butterflies. 



Purple 

 Azaleas. 



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